Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-16
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PHILADELPHIA ABLAZE With The Enthusiasm Of Thousands,
 THE coLoRED ODD FELLOWS. British Americans In Fan
 euiI Hall. PATRON LOSES TO ClINGSTONE. | The Horrors Of X MeXi-
 can Dungeon.
PATRON LOSES TO CLINGSTONE
CROWDS IN THE QUAKER CITY

CROWDS IN THE QUAKER CITY
 To Assist i'm the Constitutional Cen
 l tenniaI-A Grand Historic and In
 dustrIal Pageant Which Is Viewed
 by Thousands of People.
 | PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-This ancien
 city was crowded to-day as it seldom hsf
 been before to take part in and witness the celebration of the constitutional centennial I The monster civic and industrial pageant
 started from Broad and Dauphin streets at 1C l o'clock and marched to Broad and Moore
 streets, distance of nearly five miles, and then countermarched to the starting point, passing through one continuous line of ob-
 servation stands gaily decorated with the ! flags of all nations. North Broad street was
 so crowded as to be almost impossible as ] early as o'clock and the great crowds blocked themselves together in the streets notwithst tanding the efforts of the police to keep the latter clear. On North Broad street there was scarcely house public or private
 that was not covered with bunting or in oth-
 CT ways suitably decorated. Some houses
 were almost covered by statues of Columbia
 surrounded with the flags of all nations, while
 other fronts were completely concealed with
 bunting. The Odd Fellows hall exhibited
 banner announcing that place as the spot
 whereFranklin drew lightning from the clouds
 in 1752 and at other points busts of Washing
 ton were mounted in front of the house and
 profusely decorated. There were in line
 three hundred floats, each bearing a repre- sentation of some particular branch of in- dustry, twelve thousand men, three thou sand horses and one hundred and fifty bands of music. At the head of the column rode Colonel A. Louden Snow, chief marshal, and his staff of fifty aids, standard bearer and trumpeters. Directly behind them and lead ing the column itself was the United States Marine band followed by grand banner representing Columbia pointing to the past with one hand, and with the other to the present, the former being represented by old implements and conditions, the latter by those of to-day, indicating progress. The banner typiies the demonstration and was drawn on car by six horses. The display from this point was divided into twenty three divisions, each being under the charge and supervision of an assistant marshal and several aids.
 The honor of heading the first division OOAAo of America, who presented beautiful dis play. It was headed by gaily decorated | wagon bearing banners with notices em- bIematic of the order. Following this float | came band and several tableaux typical of | events during the Revolution and represent | ing the different nations which make up America's population in native costumes. 4 | beautiful temple handsomely decorated with | thtrty-eight ladies at the portal representing | the States of the Union, stUncle Sam," the | "Goddess of Liberty" and the thirteen I original States represented by Daughters of | stood representations of the school I houses of a century ago and those | of to-day, surrounded by school chill | dren The second division was made up by | the Carpenters company of Philadelphia | which antedates all other industrial associa- tions, having been incorporated in 1724. The ! first feature of this display was float upon which was borne miniature Grecian tenn pie of thirteen Corinthian columns repre- | senting the thirteen States of the Union of | 1719 which is duplicate of the original ex- hibit of the Carpenters company in the | parade in the year 17SS which commemorat- ed the adoption of the federal constitution. l The third division was an agricultural ex- hibit displaying all the old as well the I new implements. and was complete in every detail. Following this came g representa- tion of Touring mills built in 1760, in 1894 and an illustration of the present manner of making flour. Division four was made up of display of the ty- fraternity and was an feature. Illustrations of the diff I ferent phases of printing were given, leading with a tableau of the well known engraving | called stThe First Proof" representing Gut tenberg and his employees Next came dis play made by the paper trade, the art of lith- ographing and blank book manufacture. One hundred men marched with the printing and paper display. Division five was headed by the University of Pennsylvania, which Il was represented in the demonstration of I century ago, and following it's educational | apparatus came the various educational insti- tutions and the United States Indian train | ing school, illustrating the advancement of | of the red men. At the head of \ the procession were several mounted Indians | from the West, including representatives of | various nations dressed in the paraphernalia | incident to Indian warfare. Division six rep resented the building trades of Philadelphia, | and was one of the largest in line. Division | seven was representation of saw, engine and | tool works. Division eight was composed of | the Volunteer Firemen's association, with | their old apparatus compared with the fire | men and apparatus of to-day, being com | plete review of the fire department, extending I over hundred years. Division nine was | complete exhibit of the manner of brewing | beer. Division ten was made up of an inter l esting representation of the United States | mint, showing two coining presses in opera | tion, an old style coiner and other features | of money making. There were three hun l dred employees of the mint in line, followed l by eight hundred employees of the postof6ce and floats representing the workings of the ! postofice. Division eleven was taken up by ! the Knights of the GoldenyEagle, whos had | five thousand men in uniform in line, and l several floats bearing tableaux representing l Ia1i Vo1o tha If ha order. Division twelve was display of the l products of the textile industry. The pro- cess of manufacture of the article was exhlb- | ited in the various stages, as well as old and modern machinery, and nearly one thousand employees of the firms in the textile trade ac teen was taken up with a display of silk manufacture which was complete and the object of much attention. Division fourteen was a representation of the clothing trade which included on floats a sheep pasture containing number of sheep l watched by boys in Highland costume. Di vision fifteen was display by. the Pennsyl- vania railroad company. The progress in the mode of travelling from the revolutionary era to the present time was fully and graph ical1y presented. Division sixteen was complete shipbuilding and naval exhibit. Division seventeen comprised the govern ment display, which included model of the first steamship that ever crossed the Allan tic, model of the old United States man-of- war Hartford and other relics, together with
 many models of modern ships of war. Di-
 vision eighteen included electrical machinery
 and lights. There were displays of under
 ground conduits, district messenger service,
 fire brick lamps, chandeliers, glassware, etc.
 Divisions nineteen to twenty-three, the last
 of the great parade, were made up of miscel-
 laneous industries.
 Broad street from one end to the other was
 roped off and 1,200 police officers were on
 duty to preserve order. Traffic on all streets
 crossing Broad street was entirely stopped
 except at intervals of forty minutes when the
 ropes were let down and street cars and
 other vehicles as well as foot passengers were
 allowed to pass. The constitutional centen-
 nial commission was officially represented by